2018 World Cup: 46% of the players of the 32 qualified teams come from the European Top 5 leagues
164 players in England, 95 in Spain, 90 in Germany, 71 in Italy, and 55 in France: a total of 475 players (46%) out of the 1,032 who participated in the qualifying phase on behalf of the 31 teams qualified for the 2018 World Cup (+40 Russian players taken into account, Russia is automatically qualified as the host country) come from a European...